News & Discoveries

November 28, 2022

UCSF Experts Address CTAD Conference on Pharma-Free Intervention; Patient Data Repository; First Trial of svPPA TreatmentUCSF Experts Present Research at the Annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Conference in San Francisco.

November 21, 2022

UCSF-VA Study Shows Psychiatric Disorders Increase Risks for Deaths, HospitalizationsRisk of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 were found to be greater for patients with PTSD.

November 15, 2022

Discovery May Point to New Therapeutic Approach for Common Neurodegenerative DisordersThe brains of people with Down syndrome develop the same neurodegenerative tangles and plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease and frequently demonstrate signs of the neurodegenerative disorder in their forties or fifties. A new study shows that these tangles and plaques are driven by the same amyloid beta (Aß) and tau prions as Alzheimer’s disease.

November 10, 2022

UCSF Experts to Highlight Cutting Edge Advances and Discoveries at World’s Largest Meeting Devoted to NeuroscienceBrain implants for speech, neurological effects of COVID-19, and motor recovery after stroke are among the topics that researchers from UCSF will be presenting at this year’s annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

November 01, 2022

UCSF Researchers Drive Efforts to Recruit More Black, Latinx, Asian and American Indian ParticipantsA $147 million grant will expand diversity among Alzheimer’s disease research participants, and involve partners from UCSF, the San Francisco VA Medical Center, and the Northern California Institute for Research and Education.

October 27, 2022

After Don Onken suffered a stroke at 78, a quick response by doctors at the UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights helped him get back on his feet quickly – and back to the golf course.

October 17, 2022

UCSF Researchers Rescue Cognitive Function by Blocking Molecular Stress Response with ISRIBA small molecule called ISRIB that was identified at UCSF can reverse the neuronal and cognitive effects of concussion in mice weeks after an injury occurred, new research found.

October 03, 2022

Diverse Digital Interventions Remediate Cognitive Aging in Healthy Older AdultsAfter a decade of work, scientists at UCSF’s Neuroscape Center have developed a suite of video game interventions that improve key aspects of cognition in aging adults.

October 03, 2022

Treatment Depends on Amyloid Plaques, but UCSF-Vanderbilt Led Study Shows Lower Incidence in MinoritiesA new study shows that fewer Black, Hispanic and Asian patients would qualify for these treatments that may slow Alzheimer’s progression, since cognitive impairment in these groups is more likely to be caused by other forms of dementia that may be unrelated to amyloid plaques.

September 30, 2022

New Molecules Are Lead Candidates for Alternative to Narcotics, Say UCSF ResearchersA newly identified set of molecules alleviated pain in mice while avoiding the sedating affect that limits the use of opiates, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.

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